I'll let it slide due to the whole foreign country aspect, they have to use what they can get!

Cadet57

Posts : 4481Join date : 2010-03-14Age : 30Location : Chicopee, MA

Subject: Re: JDM style B-body wagon Mon Oct 03, 2011 1:54 pm

Who knew the Japanese could make a B-body look that awesome!

Matt Trakker

Posts : 5087Join date : 2009-07-30Age : 36Location : Reading, MA

Subject: Re: JDM style B-body wagon Mon Oct 03, 2011 2:46 pm

Aside from the ghey exhaust system, that looks awesome.

They actually have a lot of US cars over that way, they're wicked into Astro Vans. Toyota will obviously never confirm it, but the whole craze of boxy little vehicles there, Scion XB, etc., is a result of them trying to capitalize on the idea of a "small Astro van".

They actually have a lot of US cars over that way, they're wicked into Astro Vans. Toyota will obviously never confirm it, but the whole craze of boxy little vehicles there, Scion XB, etc., is a result of them trying to capitalize on the idea of a "small Astro van".

LOL you're Sh&#ting me right?! Astro vans!? Man I did not see that as their prized U.S. vehicle!

chapel

Posts : 836Join date : 2011-01-28Age : 36Location : Salem MA

Subject: Re: JDM style B-body wagon Mon Oct 03, 2011 9:41 pm

you never seen a JDM Astro Van?well, allow me:

Caravan's too:

or how about the Dajiban (rape van):

kwik!gti wrote:

Saw this on another board:

People have been asking what this is in the "2010 trends" thread, so I thought I'd make an appearance thread about it. I suppose it's like any other wacky JDM style (i.e. shakotan, yanky, vanning-zoku, Dekotora, etc), but I think this one is tits.

I first stumbled across this back in July on the Japanese RS Watanabe website in the "owner car" section.

It's been referred to as "Youga Base" style, "Hentai Vans", and a few other things, but apparently they just refer to their cars as "Dajjibans", or Dodge Vans. The Katakana to search for is "ƒ_ƒbƒWƒoƒ“".

If anyone finds any new blogs, sites, or images related to the Dajjiban thing, post them in here. I want moar.

The Basics:-Dodge Vans (I've yet to see anything else, but maybe they don't get other American vans over there)-Lowering-Deep dish low-offset wheels (often 6-lug RS Wats, but I've seen Diamonds and others)-White lettered tires-minimalist interiors (CF, racing wheels, not typical van stuff, lots of period American stickers, very eclectic)-V8 performance mods

They appear to be actually tracking these vans, which is absurd, but ****ing rad.

Those Caravans are money pits and almost never worth fixing when something breaks, lol. The Astro van, while the engine is a pain to work on (except when you can sit in the driver's seat and put parts right on the engine with the cover off), is the complete opposite. I'd drive a slammed one with big wheels, fo' sho.

Those Caravans are money pits and almost never worth fixing when something breaks, lol. The Astro van, while the engine is a pain to work on (except when you can sit in the driver's seat and put parts right on the engine with the cover off), is the complete opposite. I'd drive a slammed one with big wheels, fo' sho.

Those Caravans are money pits and almost never worth fixing when something breaks, lol.

I have a '99 "Sport" (Factory spoilers & bug deflectors! Yeah!) with 140k that has been really reliable with nothing major breaking and shockingly little rust. Which is why I bought the Caprice - so I can unload the van before the inevitable catastrophic failure .